The Center welcomes Ben Johnson an assistant professor at Groningen University with a specialization in security challenges in Arctic Canada.
Benjamin is an assistant professor of Humane Artificial Intelligence (AI) and International Relations with the Department of International Relations and International Organization (IRIO) at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. His primary research areas are the implications of AI and other technologies for international politics and security and Arctic security and defense. He is a Fulbright-NATO security studies award recipient and will be a visiting scholar at the University of Washington through Fall Quarter 2024. You can reach Ben at b.johnson@rug.nl.
On Wednesday, October 30th at 3:30 p.m. in 317 Thomson Hall, Ben will be joined by the Jackson School’s 2024-25 Army War College Fellow, Chris Stutz, and professor in Geography, Mia Bennett, for a roundtable on Arctic security. Please join us!
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